After the shenanigans that ensued at BlogHer last year, I was a little worried about this year’s conference. I mean, I definitely planned on heading to New York, but I was nervous nonetheless. About potential fodder to perpetuate the bad mommy blogger rap. About the size of the conference. About potential bad brand & blogger behavior. . . . → Read More: What Made BlogHer Awesome, And What I Left With (Emotionally and Intellectually, Not Swag-Wise)

The conferences I now attend as a blogger are way different than the conferences I attended as an academic, but a state of overwhelm appears to be a commonality. As does, apparently, a primordial predilection towards longing, whether it be for connections, access to events, or material goods. For the most part, I had a fantastic . . . → Read More: A Less is More Approach to BlogHer

Day 27 of Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009 Blog Challenge:“Social web moment. Did you meet someone you used to only know from her blog? Did you discover Twitter?”

BlogHer Chicago was overwhelmingly awesome in that it enabled me to meet so many fantastic people I was “e-friends” with — finally in real life. I adore all of . . . → Read More: Social Web Moment

Day 6 of Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009 Blog Challenge:“Was there a conference or workshop you attended that was especially beneficial? Where was it? What did you learn?”

BlogHer was the one conference I attended this year but even had it not been, I think it would be tough to top in terms of impact. Despite some . . . → Read More: Thank You BlogHer

Day 5 (a day late) of Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009 Blog Challenge (yep, I missed Day 4):“Did you have a night out with friends or a loved one that rocked your world? Who was there? What was the highlight of the night?”

I think it’s safe to say that a night out - whether with Jon . . . → Read More: A Blur of Awesome Nights

Suffice to say, late nights of the party hopping – not nursing/night terrors/accident/illness/etc. – variety happen pretty much never these days. But it’s not the only reason Monday night was remarkable to me.

In stark contrast to the Monday prior, where I was doubled over with splintering abdominal pain (which, by the way, remains a mystery…my . . . → Read More: Why In Real Life Matters

One of the most widely cited articles in the psychological literature is George Miller’s paper about the magical number seven, plus or minus two. As someone who studied human memory and cognition, I read this paper several times during graduate school. The gist is that Miller found repeated occurrences in which human information processing capacity (e.g., . . . → Read More: Blog Trips, Family Balance, & Seven Plus or Minus Two Memory Theory